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How can you ever hope to be accepted as a mouse of Redwall, when you are always dashing about grinning from whisker to tail like a mad rabbit?”
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
You will obey the word of your captains. They take orders from me. I take orders from Cluny, remember that.
So is Redtooth at the highest rank?
Er, is there any more left in that jug? This wound’s giving me jip. I need ale for medicinal purposes, Father Abbot.”
Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others. You are brave, Matthias. Already you have done great things for one so young. I am only a simple country-bred fieldmouse, but even I can see the courage and leadership in you. A burning brand shows the way, and each day your flame grows brighter. There is none like you, Matthias. You have the sign of greatness upon you. One day Redwall and all the land will be indebted to you. Matthias, you are a true Warrior.”
The Chief had a plan. Like all of his schemes it would be cunningly simple and wickedly brilliant. There was no better general than Cluny when it came to strategy.
“Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.”
The sentry mice are all asleep, the fools! They’ve never had to do guard duty before – as soon as night falls so do their eyelids. That’s what soft living does for you.”
Basil’s long ears flopped up and down like railway signals as he digested his food and his friend’s information.
I like this parallel drawn between food and information
Huh, never let it be said in the mess that Basil Stag Hare was backward in coming forward!
Interesting turn of phase
A dragonfly hovered directly above the young mouse, gently stirring his whiskers. What was this strange creature doing in his territory? He glided a little closer. It was quite safe; the oddly garbed animal posed no threat to his authority as bailiff of this stretch of water. He was fast asleep, snoring like a squirrel in midwinter, oblivious to all about him.
Some day he must learn to play chess. He bet himself that he would be unbeatable.
Not even in the oldest recorded writings was there any mention of a creature venturing to climb as high as the Abbey roof. It was a most formidable task, for the roof soared to nearly twice the height of the bell tower.
How did they perform maintenance on the roof then?
